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Android Installation / Arndale Environment

Android Installation / Arndale Environment

1. Installation, Execution Environment

The installation and execution environment is as follows:

  • PC : Windows 7 64bit
  • VM on PC : Ubuntu 12.04LTS 64bit
  • Android JB mr1 provided from Insignal

2. USB Driver Installation on Windows

[Figure 1] Arndale Board Hardware ID Verification

[Figure 1] Arndale Board Hardware ID Verification

Connect the Arndale Board to PC through USB OTG port and verify Hardware ID.

  • Computer -> Properties -> Device Manager -> Full -> Properties > Details >Hardware ID
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[Google.NTx86]
;Insignal ARNDALE
%CompositeAdbInterface%     = USB-Install, USB\VID-18D1&PID-0002&REV-0100
%CompositeAdbInterface%     = USB-Install, USB\VID-18D1&PID-0002

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[Google.NTamd64]
;Insignal ARNDALE
%CompositeAdbInterface%     = USB-Install, USB\VID-18D1&PID-0002&REV-0100
%CompositeAdbInterface%     = USB-Install, USB\VID-18D1&PID-0002
[File 1] adt-bundle-windows-x86-64-20xxxxxx\sdk\extras\google\usb-driver\android-winusb.inf

Add the content of [File 1] below the android-winusb.inf file and install ADB USB Driver through Windows Device Manager.

3. Ubuntu Package Installation 

$ apt-get install git gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential zip curl libc6-dev libncurses5-dev:i386 x11proto-core-dev libx11-dev:i386 libreadline6-dev:i386 libgl1-mesa-dev g++-multilib mingw32 tofrodos python-markdown libxml2-utils xsltproc zlib1g-dev:i386
$ ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so

Install Ubuntu packages required for Android build.

$ add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install oracle-java6-installer

Install Java 6 required for Android build.

4. Repo Installation on Ubuntu 

$ mkdir ~/bin
$ curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo

Install Repo used during Android build.

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PATH=~/bin:$PATH
[File 2] ~/.bashrc

Add the content of [File 2] to ~/.bashrc file to make Repo available from any directory.

5. fastboot, adb Installation on Ubuntu 

$ unzip adb-fastboot-for-linux-host.zip
$ mv adb ~/bin
$ mv fastboot ~/bin

fastboot and adb are used when flashing built Android to device. Install fastboot and adb.

6. Cross Compiler Installation on Ubuntu 

$ mv ./arm-2009q3.tar /usr/local
$ cd /usr/local
$ tar xvf arm-2009q3.tar

Install Cross Compiler.

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PATH=/usr/local/arm-2009q3/bin:$PATH
[File 3] ~/.bashrc

Add the content of [File 3] to ~/.bashrc file to make the compiler available from any directory.

7. Source Code Download 

$ repo init -u git://git.insignal.co.kr/samsung/exynos/android/manifest.git -b jb-mr1
$ repo sync

Download u-boot, Linux Kernel, Android jb-mr1 source.

8. Download Proprietary 

$ mv vendor-samsung-slsi-exynos5250-jb-mr1-20140526-14b314b.run [root of source tree]
$ mv vendor-insignal-arndale-jb-mr1-20140526-0a0bc3f.run [root of source tree]
$ cd [root of source tree]
$ chmod chmod +x vendor-samsung-slsi-exynos5250-jb-mr1-20140526-14b314b.run
$ chmod chmod +x vendor-insignal-arndale-jb-mr1-20140526-0a0bc3f.run
$ ./vendor-samsung-slsi-exynos5250-jb-mr1-20140526-14b314b.run
$ ./vendor-insignal-arndale-jb-mr1-20140526-0a0bc3f.run

Download and install Proprietary for booting.

9. ccache Configuration 

$ cd [root of source tree]
$ export USE-CCACHE=1
$ export CCACHE-DIR=/[path of your choice]/.ccache
$ prebuilts/misc/linux-x86/ccache/ccache -M 20G
$ watch -n1 -d prebuilts/misc/linux-x86/ccache/ccache -s

Configure ccache for build performance improvement.

10. Build 

$ cd [root of source tree]/u-boot/
$ make clobber
$ make ARCH=arm CROSS-COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- arndale-config
$ make ARCH=arm CROSS-COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-

Build u-boot.

$ cd [root of source tree]/u-boot/
$ kernel-make distclean
$ kernel-make arndale-android-defconfig
$ kernel-make -j16

Build Kernel.

$ cd [root of source tree]/u-boot/
$ choosevariant
$ choosetype
$ make kernel-binaries
$ make -j4

Build Android.

11. Create Bootable uSD Card 

$ source ./arndale-envsetup.sh
$ mksdboot /dev/sdb

Connect uSD Card to Ubuntu, verify Device Name (/dev/sdb), then format uSD Card.

12. Create Partition on uSD Card 

Arndale $ fdisk -c 0 520 520 520
Arndale $ fatformat mmc 0:1
Arndale $ fatformat mmc 0:2
Arndale $ fatformat mmc 0:3
Arndale $ fatformat mmc 0:4

Insert uSD Card into Arndale, access Arndale’s u-boot, then create partitions from u-boot.

13. Flash Binaries to uSD 

Arndale $ fastboot

Connect Arndale Board to PC through USB OTG port, then enter fastboot from u-boot to prepare for flashing.

$ fastboot flash fwbl1 ./vendor/insignal/arndale/exynos5250/exynos5250.bl1.bin
$ fastboot flash bl2 ./u-boot/bl2.bin
$ fastboot flash bootloader ./u-boot/u-boot.bin
$ fastboot flash tzsw ./vendor/insignal/arndale/exynos5250/exynos5250.tzsw.bin
$ fastboot flash kernel ./kernel/arch/arm/boot/zImage
$ fastboot flash ramdisk ./out/debug/target/product/arndale/ramdisk.img.ub
$ fastboot flash system ./out/debug/target/product/arndale/system.img
$ fastboot reboot

Perform flashing from fastboot.

14. References

Android Installation / ODROID-XU, ODROID-VU Environment